He announced early, working throughout the summer of 2010 to pick up votes.

Republican leaders said they were gaining ground and would pick up more votes with time.

In six of the the seven counties, the Republicans picked up votes.

Otherwise you're just going to hope to pick up 10 or 11 votes.

There was not a single soft, liberal policy for which he picked up votes.

They have picked up votes with the movement of the workers from the cities to the suburbs.

Thorby needed to pick up 5657 votes, to win by one vote.

This time we won, 235-195, having picked up almost 20 Republican votes by negotiating a substantial cut in the costs of the bill.

"But we picked up four new votes over the last time," she beamed.

His supporters say that on a second ballot he would easily pick up enough votes to put him over the top.